GRAPHIC DESIGNER (FIXED TERM) Ebbw Vale, Wales
Job description
Graphic Designer (Fixed Term)
About Us
Vocation Brewery began brewing in 2015, quickly gaining a reputation for modern hop forward beers. From small beginnings it has grown rapidly to be one of the UK’s leading independent craft breweries. We currently employ 70 people in the Head Office and Brewery teams, and around 70 more in the growing portfolio of Vocation & Co venues.
We’ve found our Vocation in bringing better beer to more people, and we seek to empower others to find theirs - through personal and professional nurturing, and an ongoing commitment to progressive recruitment and employment practices. We’ve got there because of the passion and dedication of our people. After all, a brewery is just another factory making a product - it’s our people and their passion that makes this our Vocation.
We prize high performance, believe in fairness, equality and team work and we love what we do. You will work alongside our amazing employees, have fun and be a part of our family! If you love what you do, you’d love it here.
About you
Creative and imaginative packaging design is an extremely important factor in driving the consumer decision making process when trying a new beer so we’re looking for a skilled designer and illustrator to join the team on a 9 month fixed term contract reporting into the Head of Marketing.
The role will be responsible for the delivery of all packaging designs in adherence with brand guidelines, and suited to the product in question, as well as the sales channel and packaging format. This will include the continued development and rollout of existing designs onto new formats, as well as the creation of brand-new designs. Beyond this, the role will also include the delivery of merchandise & point of sales designs, marketing materials and customer emails.
Due to the future direction of the brand, we are looking for someone with illustrative skills as this will become an important aspect of our design going forward so the ability to adapt existing illustrations, as well as create new ones in the same style as existing will be vital.
What we expect from you
- Strongly creative – able to come up with brilliant ideas and designs for one-off beers
- Someone who can work with the team internally on any edits for newletters, socials, banners, posters, merch etc.
- Organised and able to manage their workload whilst working to tight deadlines
- Passionate about great beer, and a strong understanding of the modern beer scene
- Able to work full-time with at least 1 day a week spent in our Head Office in Hebden Bridge, Cragg Vale
Your Skills and Experience
- Established Graphic Designer with experience working with different packaging formats
- Proficient in the use of Adobe Suite, specifically Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator. Video editing would be a bonus and using programmes such as Premier Pro
- Skilled at Illustration, graphic design and packaging artwork setup
- Understanding of printing dynamics (substrates/finishes, file set up etc.)
Key relationships:
- Head of Marketing and Marketing Team
- Production & Supply chain
- Sales
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]
